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the birds and fish It should be done all over the 

 Union. It should be done locally and then in combi- 

 nation for strength. The local club can change public 

 sentiment and control their representative, and the 

 general organization can then frame the laws as desired 

 and carry them through the Legislature. "In union 

 there is strength." This has has been our experience. 

 Results have exceeded our expectations. We are very 

 greatly encouraged. 



The past winter at Albany has been an active one. 

 The Senate Committee, who were instructed by the 

 previous Legislature to prepare a new game bill, have 

 shown a very deep interest in the subject, far more 

 than any previous committee. They held a number 

 of hearings in different parts of the State during the 

 summer of 1894, at which representatives of this Asso- 

 ciation appeared and were received in a very courteous 

 manner. The bill which they presented was in many 

 ways a decided improvement on the existing law. 

 Many ambiguities and contradictions were removed. 

 The law was simplified and made clear. Seasons were 

 not materially altered, except to make them uniform, 

 which was one of the main principles adopted at the 

 beginning. In carrying this out it was necessary to 

 change the open season on wild fowl, ducks, etc., so as 

 to conform to the season on Long Island. This is 

 unfortunate, for our Association as a whole desires to 

 see spring shooting abolished everywhere, believing it 

 all wrong ; and that, if persisted in, it means the total 

 extinction of the species. But Long Island interests 

 will not yield, therefore shooters throughout the State 

 became restive and demanded the same privilege ; and 

 they are right. It was justice; and so the law was 

 made uniform throughout the State, making the open 

 season to May ist. Our Canadian friends complain 

 bitterly, and well they may, for their close season on 



